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Monday, March 30, 2020

Australian government will pay half to integrate private hospitals into Covid-19 response

Health minister Greg Hunt says private hospitals must retain staff during coronavirus pandemic, since the state is underwriting their viability

The federal government will wear half of the cost of integrating the private hospital system with the public one in preparation for Covid-19, the health minister, Greg Hunt, has said in a letter to the private health sector guaranteeing its viability.

The letter follows a meeting on Monday between the private health sector and the federal, state and territory governments to discuss how private hospitals and staff will be supported following elective surgery cancellations and until sector is needed to assist with the coronavirus response, and how the sector will be used as the pandemic worsens to prevent the public sector from becoming overwhelmed.

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